If you are the victim of a personal injury accident in Philadelphia, you may find the responsible party offering you sums of money as a settlement. It is critical to let a qualified attorney handle matters such as personal injury settlements.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

PHILADELPHIA – July 21, 2010 – Lawrence R. Cohan, shareholder with Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman & Smalley, P.C., and Melissa Hague, an associate with the firm, recently presented a course for the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education on “Vaccine Litigation for Non-Vaccine Lawyers.” The course was designed to give attorneys who do not currently handle vaccine litigation the tools they need to start pursuing cases. Cohan has been litigating vaccine injury cases for nearly 20 years. He and Hague recently filed two Gardasil vaccine complaints before the United States Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C. to seek recovery for their clients under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (NVICP).

During the course, Cohan and Hague provided an introduction to the NVICP and specific vaccines and gave an overview of the bifurcated process and how fees are handled. They also discussed case screening and intake, getting an expert on board, and the initial petition filing.

Melissa Hague focuses her practice in mass torts, products liability, class actions, medical malpractice, premises liability, dram shop and other personal injury matters. She earned her undergraduate degree from St. Joseph’s University (B.S., magna cum laude, 2003) and her law degree from Widener University School of Law (J.D., 2006), where she was a graduate of the Intensive Trial Advocacy Program.